What made the experience in Palo Alto particularly special for me was the completely unexpected return of an old friend. For Devi and me these blogs are a little like our spiritual children. Once they “leave home” we don’t really expect to see them again. We release our blogs into the ether without any attachment, although we deeply appreciate the comments people might make about a particular post.

Isn’t it true, friends, that many things in life seem very ephemeral? An event, or a creative idea comes, has its little moment on the stage of our life’s experiences, and then passes into memory where it dims and fades away. Although I had rewritten the words to this song, I had never heard it performed. And I never expected to.

But the great masters teach us that our every thought, word, or deed plants a karmic seed. In one way or another, these seeds are destined to return to us. We are usually more aware of the negative seeds than of the positive ones. Our past errors seem to come back to us like a winter storm, full of sound and fury. But most of the time our positive karma seems to slip in unnoticed.

Every once in a while, however, a kernel of positive karma from the past makes a special visit home. Perhaps, as in this case, a group of friends go to considerable effort to give us a lovely surprise. They sit us down, have us pay attention, and then give us a gift of love like this song. An event like this helps to wake us up.

God is always waiting for us, wanting to help us be happy. Long ago, I had written words of longing to Divine Mother, and here She was in the form of these friends singing them back to me. If we pay attention, we will see that Divine Mother visits us every day. Let us try to listen for Her footsteps and hear Her song.

In appreciation,

Nayaswami Jyotish

P.S. Here is a link to watch the performance of this song. And here is a link to download an audio recording for listening.